Best of the New Restaurants
Best food overall: Bistro Provence
Best fried appetizer: Fried clams, Wild Tomato
Best falafel: Cava Mezze Grill
Best cheese: Sharp provolone, Taylor Gourmet
Best soup: White bean, Annie’s Bistro Francais
Best entrée: Veal chop special with artichoke hearts and polenta, Bistro Provence
Best desserts: Sticky toffee pudding, Againn Tavern; chocolate-cherry bread pudding, Mussel Bar special
Best dessert that flopped: Deconstructed peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Food, Wine & Co. (it’s off the menu)
Best menus: Uptown Deli (it’s funny); American Tap Room (it lights up)
Best service: 8407 Kitchen Bar
Best server: Reese Dixon at Matchbox Vintage Pizza Bistro (charming and personable, but not overly so)
Best décor: Food, Wine & Co.; Matchbox
Rating the Pizzas
Best: Matchbox
Really good: Brooklyn’s Pizzeria, Pete’s New Haven Style Apizza, Wild Tomato
Good: Mussel Bar, Pacci’s Neapolitan Pizzeria, Pizza Tempo
Fair: Vapiano
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